Beauty Salon

By Mario Bellatin. Trans. by Kurt Hollander. 2009 (August). 63p. City Lights Publisher.

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91´«Ã½

Shunned by family and friends after succumbing to a mysterious plague, the afflicted spend their last days in a former beauty salon, tended by an aging transvestite, where exotic fish die in the aquariums lining the walls, providing an allegory of the events of the world at large.

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ISBN:

978-0-87286-473-3

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Over the Rainbow Project book list

91´«Ã½

The Over the Rainbow Book List (OTR) is a committee of the Rainbow Round Table (RRT) of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½). OTR creates an annual, annotated bibliography of books for general adult readers aged 18 years or older that have commendable literary quality and significant, authentic lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning (LGBTQIA+) content.

2011 - Selection(s)